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Since 2010, the number of internet users has doubled, and unfortunately, our appetite for technology shows no signs of stopping. In a digital world that demands more energy consumption than ever before, time is running out on our capacity to reduce global emissions. Businesses must act now, before it’s too late. And with just a...

If we think of businesses like animals, we find they often operate instinctively – rather than trying to truly understand how things work. But, there’s a viable solution. IBM and SCC have partnered to unify IBM Business Automation Workflow and IBM Blueworks Live, two powerful workflow systems that allow organisations to see the bigger picture....

Earlier this year SCC acquired a specialised Software Asset Management consulting and delivery team, with a combined experience of over 100 years. As part of this acquisition, SCC also developed a new partnership with SNOW Software becoming one of its worldwide elite partners. SNOW Software is changing the way organisations think about their technology investments,...

SCC’s Cloud & Software Asset Lifecycle Management Services have a proven track record in helping organisations to gain the visibility and control of their IT landscape, reduce their financial and reputational risk through identification and mitigation of non-compliance, optimise their software costs and realise full ROI on their existing software investments, as well as increasing...

SCC, Europe’s biggest privately-owned IT services firm, has acquired Civica’s Licensing and Cloud Software Lifecycle (LCSL) business to accelerate growth of its UK software services. The acquisition includes Civica’s LCSL team and its existing customer and partner relationships, increasing SCC’s presence in the Cloud Software Lifecycle market and strengthening its successful software licensing and software...

Worldwide data will grow from 33 zettabytes this year to 175 zettabytes in 2025, a compounded annual growth rate of 61 percent, according to IDC. New technologies will generate even more data; IoT devices are on track to create 90ZB of data over the next six years. This data is not just spread across departments...

The SQL Server is one of the most high-valued, high-risk applications in the Microsoft stack. Here’s why you need to regularly optimise this business-critical application Software and licensing are likely to be pretty low on your everyday agenda. But would you take more interest if you realised the amount of money you could be saving,...

Businesses have ‘a long way to go ’to be ready in time for the death of Windows 7, according to a new report by IT firm Kollective. The report, ‘365 Days until The Death of Windows 7’, uncovered some major findings, including that 43% of enterprises still have machines running Windows 7. This raises concern...

Software Asset Management (SAM) consulting practice SAM Charter has profiled manageSMART Practice Lead Stuart Pomfrett on its website. The profile piece sees Stuart talk about his area of specialism, the biggest changes he has seen in SAM over his 13-year career in the area and changes he would make to SAM if he could. Profiler...